Sound Cues
An example of this is a knock at the door.
What is an example of a sound cue?
When doing this, a sound designer reads a script, highlights given circumstances, indicating setting (geographical location and time period).
What is script analysis, or the first step in the design process?
This man was a sound effects artist who developed and shaped the Foley sound technique.
Who was Jack Foley?
It is this person's job to create the overall sound design of the production, including sound effects and musical underscoring.
What does a sound designer do?
This is the document that sound designers have to place cues accurately and appropriately into, with a clear number order.
What is a script?
This word indicates how high or low a sound is, on a musical scale.
What is pitch?
These people record sound effects on Foley stages, which are large recording studios equipped with thousands of objects, textures, and surfaces artists can use to recreate sounds.
What are Foley artists?
It is this person's job to make sure all of the equipment is placed and working correctly, including speakers, cables, and the sound board.
What does a sound engineer do?
This is important when researching items from analysis you don't know, such as historical and cultural background.
What is time period?
This is the document that a sound designer creates with all the important information: cue numbers, page numbers, description, length, and source links.
What is a sound cue sheet?
This is what the Foley artists for the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs used to create the sound of hamburgers landing on the ground.
What are wet paper towels?
This art form can stimulate audience expectations of what is to come, build transitions between scenes, and create changes in mood.
What can sound design do in the theater?
These are special effects such as a phone ring, door bell, radio playing, car approaching or dog barking.
What are intrinsic cues?
Examples of this are thunder from a storm, crickets or birds chirping.
What are environmental cues?
The sound recorded on the set of a film that is replaced by foley artists.
What is a field recording?
To enhance the story by communication the location, time, place, to set the mood, and amplify actors' voices and instrumentation.
What is the goal of sound design?
These are placed accurately and appropriately in the script with clear number order. Placement fits the demands of the show and are timed well.
What are sound cues?
It is very important for sound design to enhance this, either with music or special effects.
What is the mood?
At this point in the process, Foley artists have to watch the entire film, note what sounds they'll need to produce in every scene and gather the necessary props and materials from the studio's warehouse or stage area.
What do Foley artists have to do before recording in a Foley studio?
The design includes cues that are natural and make sense, establish environment, establish appropriate mood, and amplify actor voices.
What are the characteristics of a good sound design?